Rosner leaves no stone unturned in his discussion of options and his sources. Yet this densely packed study is very readable. The reader comes away confident that the issue has been handled thoroughly. In chapter 2 Rosner surveys nine interpretive options: 1 no interpretation at all, 2 greed is as bad as idolatry, 3 greed leads to idolatry, 4 greed is worship of wealth, 5 greed is slavery imposed by an economic system, 6 greed is service and obedience to wealth, 7 greed is inordinate love of and devotion to money, 8 greed is trust and confidence in wealth, and 9 a combination of several of these views.
Although he does not reject this view altogether, Rosner points out that this interpretation is based on views of greed and worship from a modern perspective and that this is not what Paul would have had in mind p. Further, if this interpretation is valid, is this the only meaning? The most interesting view to this reviewer is the interpretation that greed is trust and confidence placed in wealth view 8. Rosner spends much time describing this view pp.
Martin Luther is its primary proponent. In discussing the various views Rosner mentions important background texts. Chapter 4, for example, includes a discussion of Old Testament texts, including the first commandment, Deuteronomy, the golden calf, Job —30; —28; Psalm 10; and Proverbs —9. These chapters are excellent for a number of reasons. First, they are comprehensive.
Second, Rosner is sensitive to issues such as time and other factors that should be considered in examining background texts. Third, he capably handles these texts to inform his project. This study is an excellent example of how background texts should be used in understanding the New Testament. In the final section, part 3 chaps. In chapters 8 and 9, the concepts of greed and idolatry are looked at somewhat independently and their meanings explained.
Greed is considered from a number of angles. Is it mainly a material issue or a sexual issue i. Although it is important to avoid sexual immorality, it is not greed. If it is the desire for a person, it leads to sexual sin. Covetousness is idolatry. A strong statement!
If anything we seek takes priority over seeking God, then that is covetousness and idolatry. What is greed? Greed is nothing but when one longs for some things with an aim of possessing them, but then what sort of things? Now, if one covets and longs for eternal things, that is to say divine things, God's grace and operations, then such guy is not greedy at all, but a servant of God who develops towards perfection trying to fulfill the main commandment of the Lord to be as perfect as Himself and the Father Matthew But if one is greedy for temporal things, this means that he puts those things above spiritual things, and thus, is an idolater, for spiritual, uncreated, eternal things are God, aspects and manifestations of God - goodness, beauty, power, justice and greatest of all, mercy and love, and to exchange them desiringly for the temporal things represents the essence of idolatry and also of greed.
Thus, greed is idolatry. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. In Colossians , how is greed covetousness an Idolatry? Ask Question. Asked 1 year, 7 months ago. Active 2 months ago.
Viewed 1k times. All of us know that greed is striving of the person to be more and more rich. Greed is Idolatry seems strange!.
In 1 Thessalonians Paul warn from adultery and Coveting in the wife of another person. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. So, what is the relationship between Covetousness and Idolatry? May Paul means specific kind of covetousness which is coveting in another man's wife? Look the Ten Commandments. Improve this question. It's similar with most of your kind questionslike the one about 'perfecting. All these parables point in the same direction: money wants our worship.
But every bit of ourselves we give to our stuff we snatch away from our true King. The Bible also teaches us that the wages of our economic idolatry is death. Stop for a moment. Do you believe that? That wanting to get rich inevitably causes such destruction? Paul goes even further. You do not have, because you do not ask. Because our material possessions so often seduce us into worshiping them like gods, they pose possibly the preeminent threat to worshiping Jesus.
When we worship money, it mauls us. Money becomes a spiritual power that too often uses us rather than the other way around. Our idols never stop consuming and destroying that which we hold most dear. We said earlier that when we give, we reflect the image of our giving God. But when we worship the idol of money, when our lives are oriented primarily toward earning, getting, and keeping, we become de formed, reflecting not the image of Yahweh, Lord of heaven and earth, but money, the god of me and mine.
We become increasingly committed to a lifestyle of an abundance of possessions. Such living falls far short of the life Jesus invites us to experience. Michael Rhodes is director of community transformation at the Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies, where he heads up efforts to equip pastors and community development practitioners with theologically informed tools for community transformation.
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